How can the shortcomings in agricultural modernization be addressed? There is no time to delay
Vice Premier Wang Yang of the State Council inspected modern agricultural construction work in Beijing on the 29th. He stressed that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Rural Work Conference, adapt to the requirements of the new normal of economic development, rely on innovation-driven development to accelerate the advancement of agricultural modernization, actively introduce modern scientific and technological achievements, industrial organization methods and new business models into agriculture, transform the mode of agricultural development, build the entire agricultural industrial chain and value chain, enhance the safeguard capacity for grain and other agricultural products, improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural development, and continuously increase farmers' incomes.
Agriculture is a strategic industry that stabilizes the world and reassures the people, and is the foundation of national economic and social development. It must not be shaken or weakened at any time. Agricultural modernization is even more an important part of the modernization of a country and region, an important component of economic and social modernization, and holds a top-priority position in overall work. It is not merely a matter of modernization within the agricultural sector, but is also closely related to changes in the entire social structure and economic structure.
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee put forward the important guideline of promoting the synchronized development of new-type industrialization with Chinese characteristics, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization. At present, agricultural modernization is still a prominent "shortcoming" in the "new four modernizations," and rural areas are still a "shortcoming" in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. It can be said that accelerating the advancement of agricultural modernization is a complex and urgent issue, and addressing the "shortcoming" of slow agricultural modernization development is imperative and brooks no delay.
For a long time, the development of China's rural areas and agriculture has always lagged behind the development of cities and other industrial sectors, and with the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, as a basic industry of the national economy, the level of agricultural productivity has become increasingly unsuited to the needs of economic and social development. The problem of relatively lagging rural development has become more prominent, and various contradictions have emerged in a concentrated way as reform and opening up entered a new historical period: the urban-rural gap is still widening, agricultural problems are becoming more and more serious, the grain problem is becoming more prominent, and both rural areas and agriculture have become structurally imbalanced...
We must be clear that accelerating the advancement of agricultural modernization is of great significance for stabilizing growth, adjusting structure, and benefiting the people under the new normal. Agricultural modernization is the foundation and support of national modernization. To realize national modernization, it is necessary to realize agricultural modernization in tandem and address as soon as possible the "shortcoming" of slow agricultural modernization development. To realize this strategic task, it is necessary, in the course of the rapid development of urbanization, to strengthen the basic position of the agricultural sector, continuously raise the level of agricultural modernization, intensify efforts to promote agriculture through industry and lead rural areas through cities, and promote the synchronized development of new-type industrialization, new-type urbanization, and agricultural modernization; it is necessary to persist in driving modern agricultural development through scientific and technological progress, and vigorously improve modern scientific and technological support, modern material equipment, and modern management levels; it is necessary to focus on enhancing the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and competitiveness, and continuously improve land output rate, labor productivity, and comprehensive benefits; it is necessary to accelerate the transformation of the agricultural development mode, and further optimize the industrial structure, regional layout, and production methods.